Pane in the Glass

Everyday journal of Fiona Glass

Well, not literally. ;) But if there's anyone out there living in or familiar with America, please can you let me know what the US equivalent of a dustbin man is? In other words, the men (and women) who come round to your homes and collect your trash/garbage every week? I'm assuming it's something ike 'refuse collector' or 'garbage collector' but when I googled those I got a load of rubbish (no pun intended *g*) about clean-up computer software and nothing about real life trash!

I'm writing a story for an American market and I've realised that the UK term 'bin men' will probably baffle the editors, which is Not A Good Thing.

If anyone can let me know either in the comments or by email I'll be very much obliged. :)

That became such a regular occurrence here that the number and length of phone calls between Colin and the lady at the appropriate council help desk could have suggested they were having an affair! They then changed our day - without telling us - and once that was sorted out there was no further trouble.